Tanjug: Donchev- "Serbia wants stake in Bulgaria's Belene NPP"

Bulgarian Deputy PM Tomislav Donchev has told Sofia-based Trud daily that "(Northern) Macedonia and Serbia want stakes in the future Belene Nuclear Power Plant."

There is "no chance of the Belene NPP being constructed without involvement of Russia's Rosatom," the Bulgarian news agency BTA quoted him as saying.

According to information available on the Internet, Bulgaria plans to build the plant in its northern region, near the Danube River, to replace reactors at the Kozloduy NPP, decommissioned to comply with EU accession requirements.

The Bulgarian government shelved the project indefinitely in 2010 due to uncertainties concerning its profitability.